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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Yup, she's an enameled, 6-Qt, cast iron Dutch oven. It's almost too heavy for me to lift (empty!), but it has become one of the most invaluable things in my equipment cache to date. Ever since I started to cook - really cook - I have been craving one of these, whether it was a Le Creuset like the ones I saw on FoodBuzz' Daily Special today or not (this, obviously, falls in the not category). I think it's just one of "those things" you covet as a foodie, but what a useful thing to wish for! It's become my "mom pot" of sorts, because since I bought it every single soup and stock I've made for her has been slowly coddled in my red magic-maker of a pot. Not once have I burned rice in there, nor garlic, and let me tell you it deglazes like a DREAM! Which worked out really quite nicely when I started putting together all the pieces for one of my latest "comfort bowls" (I call it that since stoup is taken). My mom actually told me that this relatively simple (and economical!) ground beef soup, filled with adzuki beans, asparagus, mushrooms, zucchini, a Texmati rice blend and finished with Parmesan, is her favourite concoction of mine to date. Now, how to compete with myself??